Size shapes the way animals move, hunt, and survive. For example, in the ocean, ginormous creatures rely on their massive ...

The largest sloth of all time was the size of an elephant. Known to paleontologists as Eremotherium, the shaggy giant shuffled across the woodlands of the ancient Americas between 60,000 and five ...

Nature packs surprises in every corner, be it in the form of fierce predators or gentle creatures that share our world ...

Explore the remarkable similarities and differences between sperm whales and giant squid, from size and behavior to diet and ...

Scuttling under the pines at a plantation in the highlands of Tanzania, a long critter took a step. Then it took another and another. The ringed creature may seem small, but it is part of a family of ...

A close-up view of the Malaysian giant turtle, or Orlitia borneensis, seen on Belitung Island. Photo from Hasan, Rahmawati, Guntoro, South, Valen, Tamam, Hardian, Andriyono, Nurjirana and Kamarudin ...

The Ice Age was a world locked in endless winter, where massive glaciers crept across continents and woolly mammoths roamed ...

Scientists found a “giant” creature in a forest of New Caledonia, kept it in a terrarium for decades and discovered a new species. Photo from Joachim Sameit Following lumberjacks into the forest of a ...

A visitor expects to encounter many native and exotic plants at the Memphis Botanic Garden, which offers 96 acres of trails, gardens and woodland as a tranquil alternative to the scurry and hurry of ...

Scientists found a “giant” creature with a “stout” body lurking near a stream in Madagascar and discovered a new species, a study said . Screengrab from Domaine de la Cascade Plantation Lansargues’s ...